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APRIL INDEX FOR NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTEEN people write the books. But you do not dislike your fellow man because you have met a few people who are stupid, uninteresting, or wicked. Of course not, you merely leave them alone, and find some one you like better. If you do the same with books, you will have the same results, and will find there are books to suit all your moods. Would you forget this every- day world in which you live? Pick up Scott and you will find yourself in the days of chivalry, riding to battle or rescuing some fair maiden. Or, woud you knot your brain trying to unravel a weird myster? If so, Wilkie Collins will give you a puzzle which will call forth your best detective powers and which only he can solve. Whatever be your desire, a book can satisfy it. And if you would forget man ' s ingratitude or drive dull care away, take you a book and sit you down by the hearth, with its cheery, crackling fire, and be ye filled with sweet content. For winter winds may blow cold and drear, but you will be far from it all. Then you will think, truly, my book is my friend. I am eighteen now. It is ten years since my father gave me my key to the garden. I have roamed through many of its paths, but still far, far ahead they stretch endlessly onward. The garden beyond is still unex- plored and I still have my key. It is my best friend because it opened the gate into the garden for me and led me to the companions whom I so soon made mine. I found many of them to be far greater than my little book, and often I was elevated and helped by these, my more famous companions. But always deep in my heart I shall cherish the little key, my first friend — but not my last. A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit. — Milton. Dreams, books, are each a world; and books we know. Are a substantial world, both pure and good; Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood. Our pastime and our happiness will grow. — Wordsworth. Page twenty-nine
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APRIL INDEX FOR NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTEEN It was a wide field that lay open before me and greedily I read every- thing and anything I could lay my hand upon. I soon discovered that books were like people, — they were not all alike. There were good books and bad books, interesting and wearisome ones. But all were the expres- sion of some person ' s mind and soul. For, to me, books have always seemed personal. A man cannot write without giving of himself. One can become much better acquainted with a fellow-being through his writing than through his conversation. Perhaps this is why I always feel that 1 have made a new friend when I finish a book. Of course, some books have this personal tone more than others, just as some people have more char- acter than others. One can not read Washington Irving without feeling his genial personality. He makes a friend of his reader immediately by giving him credit for having a sense of humor and by laughing with him. If any boy who feels himself misunderstood reads Booth Tarkington, he there finds a true, sympathetic friend to him and all other boys. And is there any one who can read Poe ' s weird tales without becoming interested in the person- ality of this man, half genius and half fudge? Thus a book read is a new friend made, for it makes you well acquainted with a man whom merely to meet, if it were possible, you would not know at all. However, a skilled author keeps himself in the background and speaks through his characters. How wearisome is a book where the author is con- stantly expressing his views and not allowing you to do your own thinking. He makes friends with you through his characters if he is wise. To my mind a book is worth nothing if the characters are poorly drawn. Perhaps this is a peculiarity of mine, just as when I travel I am much more inter- ested in the people than in the scenery. If a book with a strong central character and poor plot and setting is put on the market and one with an excellent setting and poor plot and characters, the first book will be a much better seller. Why? Because that strong character makes friends. It is personality that appeals to people. A character in a book can be almost as much a friend as a person. Girls of twelve and thirteen love these ever- lastingly continued series like Betty Wales and The Little Colonel, because they are at the chum age and in Betty and Lloyd they find a new friend, who grows up with them. They feel the friendship the book offers and gladly accept it. Characters in books have thousands of friends. The dear Little Minister, Mr. Macawber, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, these and scores of others make new friends every day; and their old friends never forget them. They are living, breathing personalities. Who says books are dead? You who dislike books and do not care for reading, how many books have you read? Not enough to judge, we will warrant. For, if you had, you would soon find more than one, from the many different kinds, that you liked. Of course, books are not all good. Neither are people, and P. ge twenty-eight
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